Reached by telephone on Friday, Hamner told the WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team, "The best words to describe it are 'vindicated' and 'emotional.' I can't express my gratitude to the officers who came forward. I know they didn't do it as a personal favor to me. They did it as the right thing to do."

The trio of officers testified earlier this week, creating depositions that are more than 150 pages long. In the depositions, the officers said police had a nickname for Leopold, calling him Crazy Uncle Jack.

One of the officers, Joseph Pazulski, worked as a driver as part of the county executive's security detail. He testified that he was with Leopold when he first met Hamner at a bank.

In the deposition, Pazulski said, "One thing (Leopold) really liked about her was the size of her breasts."

The officer also said, "Every time we had a conversation about her, it was about the size of her breasts, basically."

Pazulski said Leopold told him that "he would like to have her work with the county executive."

Hamner was hired as a public information officer in Leopold's office in 2008. She alleged in her lawsuit that Leopold made unwanted sexual advances toward her, then had her transferred to the Police Department and eventually fired her when she filed an official complaint.

According to the deposition, Leopold discussed Hamner's complaint with an officer, telling him to call then-Police Chief James Teare and tell him that Hamner "was coming to the Police Department as PIO (public information officer) and that she was taking a position that was -- you were going to have to interview for, and that when it came time for her to interview and get the job, she was not to get the job."

Capt. Edward Bergin claimed in his deposition that he talked to Teare after the chief had a conversation with Leopold. Bergin said, "He (Leopold) wants me to take Karla Hamner over here and she's not to be a county employee."

"It's troubling, deeply troubling," said Anne Arundel County Councilman Jamie Benoit, D-District 4. "I've never heard of a county executive intentionally rigging an employee screening process against someone he no longer held in high regard. It's outrageous."

The officers also indicated that County Attorney Jonathan Hodgson and the county's human resources director knew what was going on, which turned out to be a revelation for Hamner.

"Everyone was talking about me. Everyone knew from the day I got there that I wasn't going to be hired for this position, and that's really humiliating," Hamner said. "It's frightening to know this could happen, that so many high-level officers and county employees could be involved in something like this."

Benoit said he worries the county may face a huge payout, and that if it happens, he thinks the burden should fall upon Leopold.

"The taxpayers are owed some accountability. If the county is made to pay the plaintiff, I think it's reasonable to look to Leopold himself for financial redress that he would have to pay back the county," Benoit said.

Attempts by the WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team to reach Hodgson for comment were unsuccessful. A representative said Hodgson was not in the office Friday. Another attorney associated with the case did not return the I-Team's call for comment.

11 News also reached out to Leopold spokesman Dave Abrams about the depositions. He said the office had no comment.